Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Energy Corridor retail banking options
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| Wells Fargo Bank on N. Dairy Ashford South of Katy Freeway |
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| BBVA Compass Bank on Memorial, corner of Dairy Ashford |
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| IBC Bank on corner of Briar Forest Drive and Eldridge Pkwy |
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| CHASE Bank branch on corner of Dairy Ashford and Memorial Dr. |
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| Moody National Bank on Eldrige Parkway between Memorial and Katy Freeway |
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| Chase Bank on South Eldridge Parkway |
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| Amegy Bank on S Eldridge Parkway |
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| People's Trust Credit Union on S Eldridge at Crescent Circle (South of Briar Forest Drive) |
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| Enterprise Bank on Eldridge Pkwy just North of Westheimer |
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| Members Choice Credit Union on Eldridge |
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| IBC Bank with Flags on corner of Briar Forest and Eldridge |
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| Capital One Bank Branch at Eldridge and Enclave Parkway |
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| Capital One near Holiday Inn on corner of Eldridge and Enclave Parkways |
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| BBVA Compass Bank at intersection of Briar Forest and South Eldridge Parkway |
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| Citibank branch on corner of Westheimer Rd and Dairy Ashford |
Friday, December 26, 2014
SKANSKA office development (Phase I) on Memorial Drive in the Energy Corridor is nearing completion
West Memorial Place,
SKANSKA's Memorial Drive office development across from the Terry Hershey Park playground, Pavilion, and Kid Fit Park, is nearing completion. Phase I is scheduled to open in January 2015; Phase II, which is still under construction, a year later.
15375 Memorial Drive; westmemorialplace.com
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| Terry Hershey Park - Trail to the Pavilion at Playground |
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| New residential construction at SKANSKA site on Memorial, behind the Office Towers (South Mayde Creek Dr running parallel to Langham Creek and Memorial Loop segment of Terry Hershey Trail) |
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| Emerging Office Building on Memorial seen from Terry Hershey Park parking lot at the playground a few months ago  Terry Hershey Park Playground on Memorial with Pavilion and sundial (view from the North near Kid Fit area Dec 2014)  campus West of the park |
Kid Fit exercise area at Terry Hershey Park
sponsored by BP America
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South of Katy Freeway inbound frontage road.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Energy Corridor: Hottest area for new office construction in Houston area
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| One new tower completed structurally, a second one in progress. |
According to a ranking of the top Houston Submarkets with the Most Office Construction published by the Houston Business Journal in its Dec 19-25, 2014 issue, the Energy Corridor beat The Woodlands with 5.7 million square feet under construction vs. 4.6 for The Woodlands. The rest are far behind. Next in decreasing order: Westchase with 1.8 mil and Downtown with 1.6 mil. The latter leads in rent with $42.10 per square foot.
New Office construction under way
on Eldridge Parkway just South of Katy Fwy
on Eldridge Parkway just South of Katy Fwy
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| Construction cranes on the Energy Corridor skyline View from intersection of Eldridge and Memorial looking North toward Katy Freeway |
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| SKANSKA Office Development on Memorial Drive across from the parking lot at Terry Hershey Park & Playground |
Groundbreaking for new development on Briar Forest Dr near new Elan and Sunrise Luxury Apartments
The commercial building that stood on this site (see below)
was demolished.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Restaurants on Briar Forest near newly constructed apartments West of Eldridge
la Madeleine French County Cafe
patio seating fronting Briar Forest Drive
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| tossed on corner of Briar Forest and Eldridge Parkway |
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| Chick-fil-a with drive-through |
